Multiple-way spigot.



Patented July n, |1399.

-No Model.)`

iria Freres anni trice.

. DANIEL FISHER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY MERZ, JR., OF SAME PLACE. i

MULTIPLE-WAY .Elf-"K150i".`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,783, dated July 11, 1899.

Application filed November 2, 1898. Serial No. 695,296. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Beit known that I, DANIEL FISHER, of the city ot' Baltimore and State ot' Maryland, have` invented certain Improvements in Multiple- Way Spigots, of which the followingis a speciiicaion.

This invention relates to an improved spigot adapted for application to an ice chest or boX such asis commonly used in bar-rooms. The

shell of the spigot is furnished with several nozzles, each one of which is in communication with the central keyhole ot the shell by means of a suitable port. The said nozzles are fitted for attachment to pipes or coils of pipe situated within the ice-box, leading to receptacles containing different beverages y such as, for instance, pale and dark beer, ale,

and porter. The shell is provided with a hollow key having a single lateral opening ex tending to its outer surface, which opening, by turning the key, may be made to register with any one of the ports in the shell. The said key is furnished with a movable device whereby its lateral opening is normally blanked or closed, or that portion of it which is opposite to the ports in the shell, and the key is thereby rendered inoperative to effect the discharge of any of the various beverages. The key is provided with a lever and handle whereby it may be turned and the blanking device moved from its normal position, so as to expose the lateral opening in the key to a port in the shell leading to one of the receptacles for liquor.`

By means of this invention a variety of liquors are drawn through a single key, and by making one ofthe nozzles lead to a water-supply the interior of'the key may be cleansed at any time.

In the further description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the on the dotted line 00.

accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure lis an exterior front view of the improved spigot. Fig. 2 is a sectional front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. l, taken Fig. 4 is a top view of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is an enlarged under side view of a part of the spigot. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of certain parts of the spigot, as hereinafter described.

Referring now to the drawings, A is a portion of the front of the ice-chest, to which the spigot is applied. It is shown only in Figs. 1 and 3.

B is the shell, having a liat-faced flange a, which is in contact with the chest. From the rear flat face of the shell project the nozzles c, each one of which is in communication with the keyhole CZ in the shell by means of the ports c. The nozzles c are shown as threaded for connection topipes leading to the various receptacles for liquors, which, like the pipes, are not shown in the drawings. The two outer nozzles are also utilized to hold the spigot to the front of the ice-chest, and to this end they are provided with washers f and nuts'g, as shown in Fig. 3. Thekeyhole in the shell is tapered, as is usual in spigots, and the key O, which is accurately ground therein, is provided with a lateral opening b, which extends to the surface of the key. The vertical height of the lateral opening in the key is such 'that its upper edge is considerably above the upper edge of the ports in the shell for a purpose hereinafter described;

in the stem D, having an outer face which fits the inner surface of the keyhole. It is shown as provided with a iiange which rests in a depression in the key; but the flange is not essential. The said block when in its lowest position serves to prevent access of liquor from any of the ports of the shell to the interior of the key. When the block is raised by means of the stem D, liquor will ow into the key from any port with which the lateral opening in the key registers.

F is the head of the key, and Gr a bent lever pivoted at f to the head and at g to the stem. ,It has a globular handle H.

In order that the portclosing block E may be held yieldingly in its lowest position, so as to prevent the disclosing of any of the ports in the shell, 'the stem is fitted with a collar h,

and a spring 1 is confined endwise between the said collar and the under side of the head.

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l?. The lower end of the key extends through the shell B and is-threaded and provided with a nutj and a spring-washer 7c to keep the key in place. v

J is a flange attached to the upper edge of .the shell B, havingthereon indicating marks or numerals, and K a collar fastened to the key, which is furnished with a pointer m. By means of the pointer and the indicating-m arks on the flange the position of the lateral opening in the key with reference to all the ports in the shell can be instantly ascertained.

To insure exact register of thelateral opening in the key with any one of the ports in the shell, the under side of the collar K has as many radial grooves n therein as there are ports, and a spring L is secured to the upper surface of the said flange by means of the screw o in such position that when the lateral opening in the key is opposite to a port the end of the spring will enter one of the grooves. This spring is not, however, essential to the proper operation of the invention, but its use enables the drawer to actually place the key to insure a full opening of the ports. An enlarged view of this spring and the adjacent parts of the flange and collar is shown in Fig. 6.

The operation of the invention is as follows: When it is desired to draw a -glass of a certain liquor, the key is turned by means of the lever until the pointer comes over the mark or numeral which represents that liquor, and then the said lever is forced down by means of the handle. In this latter movement the stem D is elevated and the port-blanking block i) lifted so as to disclose the port leading to the receptacle from which the liquor is to be drawn. When the glass is full, the handle is released, which stops the flow, and the handle may be allowed to retain its then position u ntil another glass is to be drawn. If the next glass is to be of a different kind of @avec liquor, the key is turned, as before described, before the handle is depressed.

claim as my inventionl. A spigot for the purpose described,which consists of a shell having a series of ports `therein leading from its exterior surface to the keyhole, combinedfwith a hollow key hav'- in g a lateral opening adapted to register With any of the said ports, a port-blanking device, and means whereby the said port-blanking device may be displaced so as to render it inoperative, and allow -of the interior of the key being brought into communication with any of the said ports, substantially as specilied.

2. In a spigot, the combination of a shell having a series of ports therein,.all leading from the exterior of the shell to the keyhole, a key having a lateral opening adapted to register with any one of the said ports, a stem within the key carrying a device to shut off the ports from communication with the interior of the. key, a handle whereby the key may be turned, and mechanism whereby the said stem with its shutting-off device may be raised to allow of the flow of liquid from any one of the said ports to the interior of the key, substantially as specified.

3. In a spigot, a shell having a series of ports which lead from its outer surface to the keyhole, combined with a key having a lateral opening adapted to register with any one of the said ports, a stem within the said key` carrying a blanking device to prevent the discharge of liquid from the ports to the interior of the key anda lever whereby the key may be turned, and adapted to elevate the stem and blanking device, substantially as, and for the purpose specified.

DANIEL FISHER.

Titnessesz HENRY MERZ, Jr., WM. T. HOWARD. 

